Siphon cream-remover.



J. H. COURNYER.

SIPHON CREAM REMOVER. APPLICATION rlLEdocT. 1s. mz.

' Patented oct. 8, 19,18.

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JAMES HERBERT COURNYER, OF OSKALOOSA, IOWA.

SIPHON CREAM-REMOVER.

" citizen ofthe United States, and a resident of Oskaloosa, in the county of Mahaska and `State of Iowa, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Siphon Cream-Removers, of which the following is a specification.

My present invention relates generally to siphon cream removers, and more particularly to a Siphon ycream remover of the type described and claimed in my Patent 1237871, of August 2l, 1917 upon which my present improvements are e ased, the object thereof being the provision of a simplified construction, capable of equally effective results, and adapted t0 obviate certain unnecessarily complicated parts of the construction of my patent mentioned.

The improved construction involved in my present invention will now be described in connection with the accompanying drawing, forming a part of this specification, and wherein:

Figure 1 is a View partly in elevation and partly in section, illustrating the practical application of my invention, and

Fig. 2 is a horizontal section taken substantially on line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

Referring now to these figures, my present improvements, as in my patent above l referred to, include an intake tube 10, an

outlet tube 11, and a connecting tube 12, the outlet and connecting tubes being of the same cross sectional area and the intake tube 10 being of a greater cross sectional area than that of the outlet and connecting tubes.

The connecting tube 12 extends from a point adjacent the upper end of the intake tube 10 and communicates with the upper end ofthe outlet tube 11, beyond which the extreme end of the connecting tube is closed by a plug 13.

The upper end of the intake tube 1() beyond the connecting tube 212 is likewise closed by a plug 14C in the present construction, for which purpose the upper extremity of the tube has a contracted plug seat 15.

The opposite or lower end of the intake tube 10 is slotted as indicated at 1G, to a point above the plunger 17 when the latter is in its lowermost position, so that with the plug down, the cream within a bottle and the like 18, into which the intake tube is extended, may find its way above the Patented Oct. 8, 1918.

Application filed October 18, 1917. Serial No. 197,255.

plunger 17 and up to the normal level of the cream in the bottle.

In accordance with the present improvements, furthermore, the outlet tube 11 which extends downwardly and is preferably inclined with respect to the intake tube 10, is provided with an indicator in the form of an annular rib 1S) opposite the slotted end 1G of the intake tube, so as to enable the operator to quickly and effectively lower the intake end of the intake tube to the lower cream line by alining the indicating rib with the cream line seen through the bottle 1S.

The plunger 17 has a stem 20 which extends upwardly and exteriorly through the .plug 1a and is provided at its outer end outlet tube 11, so that uipon removal of plug' 13, after removal of the plunger and stem, the latter may be reversed and its head 21 used to clean out the said outlet and connecting tubes.

The head 21 is, furthermore, so positioned with respect to the plunger 17 and the length of the intake tube 10 as to engage the plug 14 or the upper end of the intake tube 10 and limit movement of the plunger 17 toward the slotted end of the said intake tube, so as to prevent movement of the plunger beyond the intake end of the tube in the normal operation.

As in my patent above referred to, the siphon is introduced in use, by extending its intake tube 10 downwardly into the upper portion of a milk bottle or the like 18, and may be held in the operative position shown in Fig. 1, by means of a spring clasping member generally indicated at 22, seated within the -upper open end of the bottle and va portion of which engages the tube 10. It is obvious, however, that in connection with the usual milk bottle, it is necessary to remove the ordinary milk bottle cap previous to the introduction of the tube l0, and for -this purpose I propose to provide the lauter with a laterally projecting spur 23 and the like, at a point intermediate' as end, by e1- taletube, said intake tube having a slottedY intake end and a reduced portion forming an outwardly tapering plug seat at its opposite end,` a `plug normally seated in` said plug seat and movable therefrom inwardly of the intake tube, and a stem oonneetedto the said plunger and normally extending eXteriorly-.through the said plug, said stem being removable with the plug and having means at its outer end forming a handle and adapted to interfit the said outlet tube:7 for-'the purpose described. .n 2. A siphon cream remover comprising intake and outlet tubes, of which the formerky teriorly through .the said plug7 said sternA being removable with the plug vand having means at itsiouter end formingia handle and adapted to inter-tthe said outlet-tube,

for thepurpose vdesoribed7 said `handle beingl disposed relativeto theY length 'of the stem to normallyengage thesaid plug and limit movement of the plunger vtoward-.the

slotted; end of the tube..

JAMES HERBERT COUEN'YER.

Witnesses:

CARL J OHNSON, MILDRED CUNNINGHAM;

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